And now, I'd like to introduce our host for this page...

I can introduce myself, thank you. Good evening, lords, ladies. My name is Dennis Moore, hero-for-hire, and from this page you can access all my heroing services without having to leave the comfort of your own home!

My chief stock-in-trade was, until recently, robbing from the rich and giving to the poor. I came about this system gradually. I started out robbing from the poor and giving to the rich, but found the job had already been taken by Parliament, so I switched it around. A ghastly typing error on my part led me, for a time, to rob from the rich and give to the Portuguese, and then there was that soggy summer I spent robbing from the fish and giving to the porpoises, but I got over that and devised a workable system.

So for quite a while I robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. But then the poor got picky... "Oh, you're not giving us what we want, oh..." I mean, the lupin is a very colorful, pretty, and useful flower, am I right? But nooo, they wanted money... I tell you, they're all the same. Take, take, take; what do I get out of it, eh?

So again I robbed from the rich and I gave to the poor. This worked for many months until I realized that the poor weren't poor any more and the rich were out on the street. I was going to rob from the 'poor' and give some of it back to the 'rich' but all I could see was ping-ponging back and forth, all my life, just like that.

So now I'm robbing from the rich and giving to myself. I accept VISA, MasterCard, and Discover.




John Cleese often said of the third series that he and Graham Chapman only wrote two truly original bits for it, the Cheese Shop and Dennis Moore. Cleese had tired of the show, and would leave after this season, leaving the remaining Pythons to struggle on without him. Nevertheless, the episodes of the third series are among the greatest in Pythondom. To tell the third series apart from the others, just look for the opening trio: Michael Palin's "It's" and John Cleese's "And Now For Something Completely Different" are now joined by a fanfare by Terry Jones, as the "Nude Organist." The animated titles are different as well, with the title spelled out with pipes and balloons.



The Scripts



The Cycling Tour: Join Reg Pither as he embarks on a full transcript of Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 3, Episode 8!




Also enjoy our Flying Circus Sketches Collection, featuring basically every sketch performed on Monty Python's Flying Circus, all in one big ZIP.


Song Lyrics:
Dennis Moore
Money Song Listen to the song!
All Things Dull and Ugly (added to "Church Police" sketch on some versions) Listen to the song!
Yangtse Song (heard instrumentally in show 9)




Pictures, eh?



It's Puss! (3-2)

Trim Jeans Theatre Presents... (3-2)

Our Guest: Ringo Starr (3-2)

Get 15 screen grabs from Episode 3-6: The War Against Pornography !



Pictures from Season 3 Episodes 1-4

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 5

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 6

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 7

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 8
(The Cycling Tour)

Even More Pictures from Season 3 Episode 8
(The Cycling Tour)

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 9

Pictures from Season 3 Episode 10

Pictures from all four seasons
(from Parrot Sketch Not Included)

Pictures from all four seasons
(production photos)

Miscellaneous Pics

Terry Gilliam Cartoons



Sounds


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Videos from Monty Python's Flying Circus Series 3:
[thumb]The Cheese Shop. Have you got any cheese here at all? Sorry sir, the cat's eaten it. 3.7 MB.
[thumb]Dennis Moore. He takes from the rich, and gives to the poor. Mr. Moore. 1.2 megs.
[thumb]The Dirty Vicar Sketch. Let us see the Dirty Vicar Sketch! Mr. Moore. 1.3 megs.
[thumb]The Fish-Slapping Dance. And now ... 282K.
[thumb]Salad Days. A bloody tale of tennis. 1.1 MB.



MIDI Music


Synthesized versions of your Python favorites.

The Liberty Bell March : The march by John Philip Sousa better known as the Flying Circus Theme Song!

A Python Medley : Featuring the theme and other Python favorites by the man revered as a god by a small tribe in the Himalayas, Steve Hull (STHMID@aol.com)!

Dennis Moore : "Dennis Moore, Dennis Moore, riding through the night..." The 'impressive theme song' of our man Dennis Moore (set to the tune of 'Robin Hood') comes through full force in this MIDI by Jason Linett (SASEizME@aol.com). Edits by myself.

Or get our entire Monty Python MIDI Collection in one ZIP! It includes what's above and much, much more. If you haven't DL'ed it yet here's your chance!



The Episodes



SHOW 1 - Njorl's Saga, or Whicker's World (Recorded as show 5)
First aired 19th October 1972
The visuals in this episode are great, really bringing the Icelandic saga to life. Almost reminiscent of the Grail film. The studio bits are less effective, though, and an animated bit involving a convict who escapes into his own body is uninteresting and overlong. There are some great bits in this episode, though. The intro to the "Premise and Conclusion" bit has been used on albums and the CWOT game. Alan Whicker was, of course, a real international reporter, and Eric's is the best of the impressions. Whicker actually appears in the 60's film "The Magic Christian," which features some writing and cameo appearances by a very young John Cleese and Graham Chapman. This episode fits together well. A fan favorite.

SHOW 2 - Mr. and Mrs. Brain Norris' Ford Popular (Recorded as show 7)
First shown on 26th October 1972
A peculiar episode made up of very short, funny bits. Visuals weak but lots of winners. Much of this ep has been cannibalized for albums and the CWOT game. The Ford Popular was at the time the cheapest car in Britain. The "Fish-Slapping Dance" was originally done for a 15-minute Python Mayday special, but the Pythons liked it so much they had to use it in an actual show. The original special was finally shown as part of BBC2's Python Night in 1999, and is available on video in A&E's Life of Python boxed set. The Fish-Slapping Dance is considered by the Pythons to be one of the most absurd, funny things they ever did. Michael Palin said that if he could save only one thing he's done, it would be that. The BBC's money problems are satirized here... Indeed the third series eps seem higher-budget but only marginally so, and a bit greasy-looking. The fairytale character Puss in Boots appears here briefly. (The woman holding the stuffed cat used to appear on Spike Milligan's Q shows, as a girl with large breasts.) Puss himself turned renegade and is thought to be hiding out somewhere on this page, but we have yet to find him. Note the strange, brief cameo at the end by the Beatles' own Ringo Starr, and Lulu!

SHOW 3 - The Money Programme (Recorded as show 1)
First shown on 2nd November 1972
There is one truly great sketch in this ep, being the wonderful Argument Clinic. There are also two minor successes, "Money" (used on albums and CWOT) and "Church Police." The rest is rather a failure, and the more coherent plot means that one failed sketch topples the lot. The "Church Police" is also known as "Salvation Fuzz" and "Church Fuzz," and was often performed live for the simple reason that all the Pythons were in it and they invariably cracked up while doing it, even in the Bowl film. In "Money" Eric Idle seems to almost be suggesting he would rather have done the Lumberjack song instead of Michael Palin. He would get his chance in the live shows.

THIRTY - Blood, Devastation, Death, War and Horror

First shown on 9th November 1972


THIRTY-ONE - Titled: "The All-England Summarize Proust Competition"

First shown on 16th November 1972


THIRTY-TWO - (Untitled)

First shown on 23rd November 1972


THIRTY-THREE - Salad Days

First shown on 30th November 1972


THIRTY-FOUR - Titled: "The Cycling Tour"

First shown on 7th December 1972

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THIRTY-FIVE - (Untitled)

First shown on 14th December 1972


THIRTY-SIX - (Untitled)

First shown on 21st December 1972


This episode fell prey to the BBC censors, and about half the episode was cut out, including sketches like "Big-Nosed Sculptor/Half a Bee," "Revolting Cocktails" (performed on the Drury Lane album later), and "Wee Wee Wine Tasting." Read the lost sketches!

THIRTY-SEVEN - (Untitled)

First shown on 4th January 1973


THIRTY-EIGHT - (Untitled)

First shown on 11th January 1973


THIRTY-NINE - Titled: "Grandstand"

First shown on 18th January 1973





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